On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:45:43 -0400, you wrote: >On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:48:54PM +0200, Kees Nuyt wrote: >> On Thu, 28 May 2015 05:14:17 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >Cliff, thanks for the suggestions, but I didn't get very far with them. >> >The VBox Extension Pack sounds useful, but the available packs were only >> >for specific versions of VirtualBox, not mine (VB 4.1.18). >> >> Third item on >> http://dlc-cdn.sun.com/virtualbox/4.1.18/index.html > > Yes, that's obvious. I was misreading directions. When I do as you > suggest, I download the extension from Internet. At the end I'm asked if > I want to mount it. It sounds like at this point I should execute the > file, but the mouse was frozen. I ended up re-installing the virtual > Windows NT. But now the Windows has captured my mouse pointer and I > can't access the Device menu. I do Shutdown, but it only tells me I > can power off the machine, and since I can't do that I can only > restart. I'm caught in a cycle without access to mouse outside Windows. > The only way out is to crash the X server.
The extension pack is meant to be installed in the VirtualBox host installation. It can and should not be executed or mounted in a guest. VBox host GUI (not the VM window), menu: File / Preferences / Extensions The only thing you can install in the guest is "VirtualBox Guest Additions". HTH -- Regards, Cordialement, Groet, Kees Nuyt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
